White matter integrity and cognitive performance in school-age children: a population-based neuroimaging study

RL Muetzel, SE Mous, J van der Ende, LME Blanken… - Neuroimage, 2015 - Elsevier
Child and adolescent brain development are typically accompanied by marked
improvements in a wide range of cognitive abilities. However, limited information is available …

Grey and white matter metrics demonstrate distinct and complementary prediction of differences in cognitive performance in children: Findings from ABCD (N= 11 876)

LC Michel, EM McCormick, RA Kievit - Journal of Neuroscience, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
Individual differences in cognitive performance in childhood are a key predictor of significant
life outcomes such as educational attainment and mental health. Differences in cognitive …

Global and regional white matter development in early childhood

JE Reynolds, MN Grohs, D Dewey, C Lebel - Neuroimage, 2019 - Elsevier
White matter development continues throughout childhood and into early adulthood, but few
studies have examined early childhood, and the specific trajectories and regional variation …

[HTML][HTML] White matter microstructure correlates of age, sex, handedness and motor ability in a population-based sample of 3031 school-age children

M López-Vicente, S Lamballais, S Louwen, M Hillegers… - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
Understanding the development of white matter microstructure in the general population is
an imperative precursor to identifying its involvement in psychopathology. Previous studies …

White matter plasticity and maturation in human cognition

S Bells, J Lefebvre, G Longoni, S Narayanan… - Glia, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
White matter plasticity likely plays a critical role in supporting cognitive development.
However, few studies have used the imaging methods specific to white matter tissue …

The development of brain white matter microstructure

C Lebel, S Deoni - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Throughout infancy, childhood, and adolescence, our brains undergo remarkable changes.
Processes including myelination and synaptogenesis occur rapidly across the first 2–3 years …

White matter maturation supports the development of reasoning ability through its influence on processing speed

E Ferrer, KJ Whitaker, JS Steele, CT Green… - Developmental …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The structure of the human brain changes in several ways throughout childhood and
adolescence. Perhaps the most salient of these changes is the strengthening of white matter …

White matter microstructural development and cognitive ability in the first 2 years of life

JB Girault, E Cornea, BD Goldman… - Human Brain …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
White matter (WM) integrity has been related to cognitive ability in adults and children, but it
remains largely unknown how WM maturation in early life supports emergent cognition. The …

[HTML][HTML] White matter microstructure correlates with mathematics but not word reading performance in 13-year-old children born very preterm and full-term

SE Collins, M Spencer-Smith, I Mürner-Lavanchy… - NeuroImage: Clinical, 2019 - Elsevier
Individuals born very preterm (VPT;< 32 weeks' gestational age) are at increased risk of
impaired mathematics and word reading performance, as well as widespread white matter …

White matter maturation profiles through early childhood predict general cognitive ability

SCL Deoni, J O'Muircheartaigh, JT Elison… - Brain Structure and …, 2016 - Springer
Infancy and early childhood are periods of rapid brain development, during which brain
structure and function mature alongside evolving cognitive ability. An important …